28/08/2026
I am excited to finally share a new mobile phone app I’ve been working on that was built specifically for astrophotographers called Darkskytools 🌌📱
I’ve built DarkSkyTools as a mobile-optimised astrophotography toolbox, designed to bring many of the tools we use when planning, capturing and recording astro sessions together all in one place. No need to check half a dozen different apps to plan an astrophotography session. Darkskytools does it all.
It currently features 25 professional tools and much more including:
🔭 Sky Map & Target Planning
✨ SIMBAD target search
🌠 List of over 190 International Dark Sky Sites
📍 Tonight’s Best Targets
🌌 Milky Way Planner
💡 Bortle Light Map
🌦️ Astrophotography weather forecast and lunar calendar
📷 Equipment profiles
📝 Session planning & recording
📤 Share your sessions
📴 Offline data access
⭐ Night Sky events such as comets, meteor showers, eclipses and conjunctions.
🌍 9-language support
Whether you’re just starting out in astrophotography or have been imaging for years, I’m hoping DarkSkyTools becomes a useful companion for planning your next night out — less time searching for information, more time under the stars.
Darkskytools is currently a web browser app you can add to your home screen on your mobile phone, tablet or computer and use it like an app. Coming soon to Google/Apple stores.
🌌 DarkSkyTools — Plan, Capture, Record, Learn
Please check it out. Please share with anyone who may be interested in astrophotography.
Https://www.darkskytools.com 🚀
